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"In addition to confirming the code names of two major cadres of the Fuzhi Party, we have also recently discovered traces of Fuzhi Party activities in the Ou area."

"In order to find out what the Fazhu Party is planning to do, the Lord sent me to the Ou area to investigate and track the Fazhu Party."

"This is also the main reason why I suddenly visited Edo at this time. From Osaka to Ou, you must pass through Edo and take the Oshu streets."

Ou area - the collective name for the two regions of Oshu and Deu in Japan. Because these two regions are located in the northeast, they are also called the "Tohoku region".

As for the Oshu Street, there are five avenues centered on Edo that connect various strategic locations: one of the "Five Streets" runs from Nihonbashi in Edo to the Mutsu Shirakawa River in the Ou area.

"Ou..." Kiryu nodded slightly, "Then when do you plan to leave for Ou?"

"The Lord requires me to arrive at Ou as soon as possible. Therefore, I plan to leave early tomorrow morning."

"Then do you want to meet the young master tonight?" Kiryu asked, "If the young master sees you coming to Edo, she will be very happy."

"That's not necessary." Makimura pursed his lips and shook his head, "I will leave tomorrow morning. If I go to see the young master tonight, I will be too busy and I won't even be able to say a few words to the young master."

"I'd better wait until I'm completely free and have time before I come to see the young master."

"At that time... I'll also come and meet the Tachibana Aoden you mentioned in your letter before."

At this point, Makimura showed an expression filled with emotion.

"My lord and I were very surprised when we saw what was written in the letter you sent back a month ago."

"Is that Tachibana Aoden that powerful?"

"You can actually make you intend to pass on your sword-drawing skills and your demonic sword to him. No matter how you searched before, you couldn't find a suitable heir."

"...Tachibana-kun is indeed a talented person worth looking forward to in the future." After hearing Makimura mention Aoto's name, Kiryu smiled slightly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and recalled, "Not only does he have extremely outstanding

He has a talent for swordsmanship, as well as... the personal charm and commanding ability that can become the 'center' of everyone."

"But I'm still in the 'intentional' and 'considering' stage as to whether to pass on my sword-drawing technique, 'Liuguang', to him."

"I want to observe him for a while and think about it for a while before I decide whether I should try to accept him as my close disciple."

Having said this, Kiryu suddenly paused as if he recalled something.

Then, I saw that his expression gradually became weird.

"Kuro, what's wrong?" Makimura, who noticed that Kiryu's expression suddenly turned strange, frowned and said, "Is it because you've lost your head and feel uncomfortable?"

"...No." Kiryu pursed his lips vigorously a few times, then opened his mouth and let out a long sigh, "Speaking of Tachibana-kun... I don't think I have reported to you yet... About Tachibana-kun and Tachibana-kun

Those things about the young master."

"Tachibana Aoden and the young master?" Makimura was startled, "What happened to the two of them?"

"If my observation is correct... the young master seems to like Tachibana Aoden very much now."

"What?" Makimura's eyes suddenly widened as big as copper bells.

"It was probably 1 or 2 months ago." Kiryu continued, "I noticed that the young master's attitude towards Tachibana Aoden has become very different."

"When I see Mr. Tachibana visiting my Thousand Houses, he will smile happily and actively chat with Mr. Tachibana."

"When I work on weekdays, I often get distracted and dazed, and occasionally I suddenly giggle a few times."

"Based on the strange things I have observed about the young master recently... I speculate that the young master most likely has special feelings for Mr. Orange."

"And just a few days ago, the young master invited Mr. Tachibana to join her in phantom thief activities."

"What?!" Makimura yelled "What" again, and his eyes, which were already wide open, became even wider, "You mean... Young Master, she invited that Tachibana Aoto here.

Do you want to become a phantom thief with her? Kuro, please tell me about this in detail."

Kiryu nodded, and then told Makimura in a concise and concise manner the details of how Kinoshita Mai and Aonto worked together as Kaito thieves to solve the "human killing incident" a few days ago.

Makimura held his breath and listened carefully to Kiryu's story, his expression became extremely strange.

After a while, he picked up a handful of hot water and slapped it hard on his face, then smacked his lips a few times: "Young Master, does she have someone she likes... That's right, after all, Young Master, she is also 15 years old this year.

Now, you are indeed at an age where you will fall in love with any man. Kuro, have you written to my lord about these things?"

"Not yet. I plan to wait a few days before writing a long letter to report these matters to the lord in detail."

Makimura curled his lips and shook his shoulders: "Ha... I'm really curious about my master's expression after learning that the young master actually has someone he likes."

"...I guess my lord, she will be surprised at first." The expression on Kiryu's face became strange again, "Then he quickly wrote me a reply: asking me to carefully examine Tachibana-kun's character."

"If Mr. Tachibana is the kind of man who is not worthy of being entrusted with your whole life, let me prevent the young master from having any further dealings with Mr. Tachibana."

"On the contrary, let the young master and Mr. Ju let nature take its course, but be careful to protect the young master and prevent her from being harmed."

"Finally, she will try to squeeze out her free time and come to Edo in person to see with her own eyes who can be admired by her precious granddaughter."

"Haha..." Makimura laughed dumbly, "These are indeed things that the lord will do with a high probability... So does Tachibana Aomori know that the young master likes him?"

"According to my observation, Jun Ju doesn't seem to realize the young master's feelings for him yet."

"That means, young master, she is in unrequited love right now... To be able to have unrequited love in the hands of our princess of Calabash House... If this gets out, I don't know how many people will die of envy."

"Kuroro, do you personally think that Tachibana Aoden is a person worthy of being liked by the young master?"

Kiryu fell silent, a look of thought appeared on his brows.

After a moment, he nodded gently.

"...As I just said: Tachibana-kun is a talented person worth looking forward to in the future."

"Judging from his various performances so far, I don't think Mr. Ju is unqualified for the young master's love."

"So now I am taking the attitude of letting nature take its course."

"Until I receive relevant instructions from my lord, I will allow her and Lord Ju to travel freely."

"Oh...it seems that Kuro, you have a really high opinion of this Tachibana Aoden."

As Makimura spoke, he picked up another handful of warm pool water, slapped it hard on his face, then grinned and laughed a few times.

"I'm really getting more and more curious about this Tachibana Aoden."

"If I hadn't left Edo early tomorrow morning, otherwise I would have really wanted to go quickly to see what kind of strange man he is, who can not only gain your appreciation, Kuro, and make you intend to accept him as a closed disciple, but also be able to

Gain the admiration of the young master."

After that, Makimura straightened up his body that was leaning on the wall of the pool, and the water droplets on his body dripped down his strong muscles and melted back into the pool water.

"Okay... I've finished everything I need to tell you. Kuro, is there anything else important you want to tell me?"

Kiryu shook his head.

"Then let's leave first." Makimura raised the thumb and index finger of his right hand, pinched the temples on both sides of his head, and rubbed them vigorously, "After soaking in the bath for so long, my head is a little dizzy."

"I'm going back to my hotel to sleep now. Where are you, Kuro?"

"Of course I'm going back to my Senshiya." Kiryu said without thinking, "Makimura, since you are leaving for Ou early tomorrow morning, do you need me to see you off tomorrow morning?"

"Hahahaha, no need. We have been friends for seventy or eighty years, why do we need to do this kind of mother-in-law and mother-in-law thing." Makimura waved his hand generously.

"Then I would like to wish you that this 'trip to Ou' will be successful immediately." Kiryu smiled slightly, "Our Calabash House's power in the Ou area is very weak. When we get to the Ou area, remember to make tens of millions of dollars."

careful."

"Hahahaha." Makimura looked up to the sky and laughed, "Kuroro, who do you think I am?"

Makimura's tone was full of confidence and pride.

"The 'dragon' I am carrying behind me has not faded yet!"

After saying that, Makimura let out a "hoo" and stood up from the pool.

I saw a dragon tattooed on his back that almost covered his entire back!

A red dragon!

The black lines condensed into a dragon body.

The bright red color like blood turned into dragon scales.

The red dragon lay horizontally on Mucun's back, circling, with its head raised high, looking directly at Mucun's right shoulder, its mouth wide open, its eyes shining with unyielding light staring at the sky, as if it was about to emerge from Mucun's back at any time.

Fly out from behind, turn into a real dragon and rush into the sky, fighting with gods and Buddhas all over the sky!

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Edo, Koishikawa Kohinagayanagicho, bathhouse·Chihiroya——

After immersing his body in the warm water, Qingdeng immediately felt that most of the fatigue on his body had been relieved. He was so comfortable that Qingdeng couldn't help but half-squint his eyes.

But at this moment, Zhou Zhu’s nagging suddenly sounded from behind Qingdeng:

"Junior Jun, although you have made a big splash in this competition, you must not be complacent."

"Practice martial arts...no, no matter what you do, pride and complacency are the most taboo things."

"Once this person becomes proud and complacent, it is easy for him to lose sight of his own worth, to be satisfied with his past glory, and to become complacent."

"So Mr. Ju, you should continue to maintain a normal mind and continue to practice hard..."
To be continued...